[Arabic manuscript Qur'an]. - Lot 231

[Arabic manuscript Qur'an]. (West Africa / Sahelian region), (late 18th-early 19th century). In-4 (32.5 x 20 cm; written surface 28 x 9 cm), manuscript on laid paper, (477) non-leafed ff. with advertisements, 15-line text copied in Sudani calligraphy in brown ink and vocalized in red, makkiyyah sura titles in red, rosettes separating the verses, geometric vignettes in the text, marginal geometric motifs painted in red, ochre, or brown. In leaves between two cardboard boards, in original African flap folder with geometric decoration in cold and black on the upper cover (binding worn with wormholes, leaves weakened with marginal missing, rough repairs sometimes affecting the text on some leaves, last two leaves replaced with text by a different hand missing verses 85-89 of sura al-Zukhruf and verses 1-4 of sura al-Aḥqāf as well as suras al-Dukhān and al-Jāthiya).